Category: Moore County

“Siri, did The Village of Pinehurst violate the law?”

Posted on August 20, 2022August 20, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Some legal-eagle fans of this site slipped me a couple of opinions from the UNC School of Government (SOG) which may indicate so. One SOG opinion centers on the

Drive-bys blast “attack on free-market”!

Posted on August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Yeah. I thought my eyes were deceiving me, too: In the arm-wrestling match between the Invisible Hand of Capitalism and the Heavy Hand of Pinehurst, the People’s Republic of

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Collapsing like a house of cards

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The campaign to regulate short term rentals (STRs) out of existence, that is. We’ve detected a distinct pattern here: inflammatory accusations aired against STRs and their owners followed by

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: A Court Date!

Posted on July 12, 2022July 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Attention, Pinehurst residents! Grab those wallets and bend over! Your village government has refused three offers of mediation, pushed for a jury trial, and hired an extra expensive attorney

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Baffling Us with B.S.

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.” — W.C. Fields The legendary American comic sure got it right. When you follow politics like we do at

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Out-of-Control (and getting worse)

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The lawsuits and threats of lawsuits are piling up. Asinine comments are flowing more and more freely from the mouths of Village Hall dwellers. The manager is reportedly berating

Pinehurst Party Poopers: Cracking Down on Cocktail Parties

Posted on June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Village-manager-from-hell Jeff Sanborn and his incompetent sidekick, mayor John Strickland cannot let go of this short-term rentals thing. Both want a new bureaucracy to basically wipe the practice out

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Intimidation Time!

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Brant Clifton

When all else fails — when you’re caught dead to rights — try to paint your accusers as the villains. That appears to be the strategy at Village Hall

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Gettin’ hotter!

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Imagine my surprise when THIS showed up on my YouTube feed. The honorables appear to be setting up a “litigation committee” to deal with the legal complaint about the

Who to vote FOR: Moore County edition

Posted on May 12, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Well, we’ve already shared our thoughts on the statewide primary races. Here is our two cents on the races that will be affecting — mostly — Moore County, North